Eyelet tack



July 17, 1923.

J. P. BRYANT EYELET TACK Filed Feb. 23 1922 Patented July 17, 1923.

' UNITED STATES JOHN P. BRYANT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EYELET TACK.

Application filed February 23, 1922. Serial No. 538,809.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and

5 State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Eyelet Tacks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to Eyelet tacks and has for its object theprovision of a tack of this character, which may be driven to positionwithout injurious distortion thereof, and which is simple inconstruction, efficient in operation and economical of manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the invention in operative position;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the blank from which the tack is formed;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the completed tack; and

Fig. 4: is a side view partly in section of the invention applied to awindow shade.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5, Fig. 3.

The eyelet tack comprises a body portion 10, which may be stamped fromany suitable material, and has a laterally extending wing 11, and apointed end 12. The body 1116X11 ber 10 is concaved, and the wingportion 11 is bent over said body portion 10, as shown in Fig. 5, theedge 13 of the wing portion 11 being preferably lapped beneath the edge1a of the body portion 10. The concaved body 10 of the tack preferablytapers to the point 12 which is preferably flattened and sharpened. 1

As will be noticed due to the concaved body portion of the tack and thegeneral construction of same, such tack may be driven to any desireddepth without fear of injuriously distorting the eyelet formed thereonby the wing 11.

' tion of the invention.

Though the tack is. adapted for use in any desirable situation such tackis illustrated as applied to a window shade 15, which is provided withthe usual stiffening member or stick 16. As shown in Fig. 4, the sharppoint 12 of the tack is driven through the stiffening member 16 of the.window shade and the inner end thereof clinched as shown at 17 againstthe stiffening member. The body member adjacent the eyelet formed on thetack member may be downwardly bent if desired, as shown in the presentadapta- A flexible member 18, or other suitable member may be secured insaid eyelet in any suitable manner, said flexible member in thisinstance having a knot 19 at one end to prevent same being drawn throughsaid eyelet.

An important feature of the present invent1on is to provide an eyelettack which may be driven to operative position, without distortionthereof and bent at a convenient angle, if desired, to provide an eyeletin which may be fastened any suitable securing member.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of the construction set forth, but desire to avail myself ofsuch variations and modifications as come within the scope of theappended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

In combination with a curtain shade stick, a tack having a concave bodyportion and-a wing portion bent thereover to form an eyelet, said tackdriven into said stick, and bent so that the eyelet lies thereagainst;and a flexible member secured in said eyelet.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN P. BRYANT.

Witnesses:

FREDA G. APPLEroN,

MARGARET Anna.

